The Making of the Asia Pacific : : Knowledge Brokers and the Politics of Representation / / See Seng Tan.

Critically surveying the power of narratives in shaping the discourse on the post-Cold War Asia Pacific, See Seng Tan examines the purposes, practices, power relations, and protagonists behind policy networks such as the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific and the Pacific Economic C...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package Backfile 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2013]
©2012
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:IIAS Publications ; 10
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Physical Description:1 online resource (238 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction: From ‘Pacific Asia’ to ‘Asia Pacific’
  • 2. The Desire for Essence
  • 3. Knowledge Networks as Agents of Representation
  • 4. Representing the ‘Asia Pacific’
  • 5. Representing Sovereign States
  • 6. Representing the ‘In/Human’ Faces of Asia Pacific Security
  • 7. Representing the ‘Authority’ of Knowledge Networks
  • 8. Conclusion: A Plea in Three Parts
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index